by Elizabeth Cook · Picador · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780312311100
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«Achilles» is Elizabeth Cook's novel recreating the myth of Achilles, published by Picador in paperback (128 pages, in English).
Achilles, son of a goddess and a king, is raised hidden as a girl until Odysseus discovers him, and he ends up becoming the greatest Greek warrior at Troy. His story crosses paths with Hector, Helen, the Amazon queen Penthesilea and the centaur Chiron, and also John Keats, whose poems inspire a meditation on identity and the enduring relevance of the myth.
It is Elizabeth Cook's first novel; she has also published poetry and academic studies on Renaissance literature.
For readers interested in Greek mythology and modern reinterpretations of the classics.
